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The Unsustainable Costs of the Public Police

From: Canadian Policing

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In The Unsustainable Cost of the Public Police author Kent Roach explores where all the money given to policing across Canada goes. With the average police salary at $118,000, Canada spends $15.7 … 20 $2.00 Add
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The Way of the Peasant

From: Civilizing the State

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The Way of the Peasant begins with the impact of industrial agriculture on peasant farmers in India, before focusing on the resistance to these impacts through the anti-globalization and … 15 $1.50 Add
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This Gentle Art

From: Woman, Watching

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Chapter Six explores Louise’s growing interest in birds. The chapter discusses Louise’s first recordbook of bird watching, her relationship with Percy Traverner, the evolution of her … 25 $2.50 Add
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Tracing the Harmful Patterns of White Settler Womanhood

From: White Benevolence

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In chapter 6, Willow Samara Allen considers the integral role white women have played in the ongoing settler-colonial project through the performance of benevolent white femininity, which … 18 $1.80 Add
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Two Writers Named Kostashchuk

Part One

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

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Chapter Two is about a writer named Vasyl (Andriovych) Kostashchuk, a writer and relative who remained in Galicia. Discussing his books Volodar dum selians’kykh (Ruler of Peasant Dreams) and Tam, … 17 $1.70 Add
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Underground Ecologies

From: Being and Swine

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In this chapter, philosopher Fahim Amir discusses the impact of pollution on the animal world and the forms of pollution our society creates as a byproduct of pharmaceutical production, power … ; ; 34 $3.40 Add
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What is Wrong with Social Media?

An Anti-Capitalist Critique

From: The Socialist Register 2022

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Marcus Gilroy-Ware provides an authoritative and skeptical assessment of ‘what is wrong with social media’ and places the social pathologies they amplify within the capitalist … 20 $2.00 Add
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Wholistic Worldviews and Methodologies

Part 2: Wholistic re-Search Methodologies

From: Kaandossiwin, 2nd Edition

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In Chapter 5, Absolon specifically focuses on wholistic re-search methodologies, encouraging readers to think wholistically. Chapter 5 is the first of five which present s wholistic framework by … 11 $1.10 Add
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Why Move Toward Autonomous Vehicles?

From: Autonomous Vehicles

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In chapter six, Baker reviews the arguments for why a move towards autonomous vehicles would be beneficial to present-day society, such as improved safety, shared ownership of vehicles, speed, … 10 $1.00 Add
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Why We Say Powell Street and Not "Japantown"

From: White Riot

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In this chapter, May and Yakashiro explain their reasoning behind the movement to retire the name "Japantown", which is commonly used to describe Vancouver’s Powell street … 10 $1.00 Add
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"Hitler’s War?"

From: Myths of Modern History

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This chapter confronts the myth that Hitler was personally responsible for the Second World War, when– in reality– he shared responsibility with others, namely Germany’s … 26 $2.60 Add
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5. The Empowerment Turnaround

“Achieving Gender Equity”

From: Earth for All

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Chapter 5 examines the challenges of achieving gender equity and empowerment. Topics discussed include financial independence and economic security, family size and affordability, access and … ; ; ; ; ; 14 $1.40 Add
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7. Gentrification is a Metaphor

From: Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies

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Chapter 7 critically examines the social and cultural framing of gentrification. Topics discussed include the mainstreaming of taboo issues (ie: tattoos or drag), the commodification of other … 19 $1.90 Add
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A New Way to Think About Solutions

PART 2

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

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This chapter discusses climate change as a major threat to our food system and various possible solutions for tackling this threat. It expands on the concept of resilience and also touches on the … 17 $1.70 Add
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A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts

Monsters

From: On Opium

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The author describes what suffering does to her body and mind and how the effort required to transcend it makes her feel like a monster. While her condition allows her to walk and run but not … 14 $1.40 Add